Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Mesonaias explicata

nominal species Unio testudineus Reeve, 1865

image of type lot

Unio testudineus Reeve, 1865 = Mesonaias explicata

specimen image from publication‘Morelet’ Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 22, sp. 101.
(misidentified reference to Unio testudineus Morelet, 1849)
Type(s): FIGURED SPECIMEN BMNH_20190695, Rio Usumacinta, Guatemala.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Mesonaias explicata (Morelet, 1849) — Cummings et al., 2025: 196.

+ Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) microdon (Marts.) — Haas, 1929: 313.

+ Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) livida Simpson, 1900 — Frierson, 1927: 85.

+ Lampsilis (Proptera) livida Simpson, 1900 — Simpson, 1914: 175.

+ Lampsilis (Proptera) lividus Simpson, 1900 — Simpson, 1900: 571.

+ Unio (Uniomerus) explicatus Morelet, 1849 — Martens, 1900: 520.

+ Unio (Mesonaias) explicatus A. Morelet, 1849 — Fischer & Crosse, 1894: 594.